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Eskom has said it will approach the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment for an exemption to temporarily bypass the flue gas desulphurisation units at the Kusile power station.
The organiser of the yearly Investing in African Mining Indaba, Hyve Group, reports that this year’s event will see the launch of a three-day InfraTech content platform that will include...
Wartsila Oyj, a Finnish company that makes power plants, expects South Africa to face electricity outages for at least another decade unless it installs as much as $8 billion worth of gas-fired...
South Africa is a super dynamic and super fast-moving market, says Siemens Large Drives global solutions head Oliver Beck, who has just completed a week of discussions with customers to highlight...
State-owned telecommunications group Broadband Infraco has appointed Gift Zowa as acting CEO, effective November 16, following the end of term of Andrew Matseke. Zowa, a seasoned executive who...
Diversified commodity trading and mining multinational Glencore has taken up tenth place in global corruption’s hall of shame. In the first week of November, the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO)...
Eskom has reported severe damage to a chimney at Kusile in the latest blow to the beleaguered power station.
It is not yet known when commissioning tests will resume at the European pressurised reactor project.
Manufacturing is responsible for only one-third of jobs within the wind energy sector, says Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Africa area director Marcel Cabral. Speaking at Windaba 2022, held...
The Life Healthcare group on Tuesday officially inaugurated the first artificial intelligence (AI) and adaptive radiotherapy system in sub-Saharan Africa. Manufactured by US company Varian Medical...
A fire damaged one of the generating units that has not yet been synchronised to the grid at Kusile on October 14.
Integrated energy and chemicals company Sasol, already a seasoned grey hydrogen producer, and Freeport Saldanha Industrial Development Zone on Tuesday announced the signing of a memorandum of...
Manufacturing is responsible for only one-third of jobs within the wind energy sector, says Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Africa area director Marcel Cabral. Speaking at Windaba 2022 in Cape Town...
Offshore wind farms have received less attention in the transition to net zero, primarily owing to technology barriers linked to higher capital costs and the lesser adoption of the technology, says...
Southern African industrial company Mergence Industrial Group (MIG) has increased its stake in precision sheet-metal and plate engineering company Lasercraft to 100%, as part of the group’s growth...
Up to 1 350 t of green hydrogen can now be generated a year from renewable solar and wind power in the Wunsiedel Energy Park, in Germany. “This is another example of platinum-based production of...
There is considerable potential for Africa to capitalise on the opportunities presented by the green hydrogen economy, and for South Africa to be the hub out of which this is done; however, a key...
The Smart Energy Solutions for Africa (SESA) consortium has launched its first ‘SESA Call for Entrepreneurs’ funding round. Small and medium-sized enterprises, particularly women-led, with a focus...
The future quantum of global demand for platinum group metals (PGMs) significantly outweighs global supply from 2023 onwards, the latest review carried out by independent precious metals consultant...
Owing to automation company Siemens’ diverse portfolio, the company can provide traditional and digital technologies in the electrical and automation space to its clients. In the mining sector...
Establishing a data quality framework for ingestion and/or creation of data is important to ensure that the resultant information product, as consumed by the enterprise, is of high quality and fit...
Delba Electrical has been recently certified as an Approved Partner which includes Field & Repair Services for Siemens Large Drives High Voltage Motor portfolio in South Africa, East Africa,...
Technology groups Mahle and Siemens have signed a declaration of intent on cooperation in the area of wireless charging systems for electric vehicles (EVs). In the future, both companies will...
US company REGENT, which is developing a zero-carbon wing-in-ground-effect (WIG) vehicle, has adopted the Xcelerator cloud-based software and services portfolio from Siemens Digital Industries...
“We shouldn’t wait for development to end child labour. On the contrary, ending child labour is key to sustainable development”— ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Africa,...
By Siemens Energy and Roland Berger Siemens Energy and global management consultancy Roland Berger launched on Thursday the Energy Transition Readiness Index for the Middle East and Africa region....
Mercedes-Benz Trucks says the eActros LongHaul, with a range of around 500 km on one battery charge, is scheduled to be ready for series production in 2024. This follows the European market launch...
While government has made meaningful strides with supporting the participation of more black-owned companies in the economy in the 19 years since the promulgation of the Broad-Based Black Economic...
Egypt's National Authority for Tunnels plans to expand the country's high-speed rail system to 2 000 km, creating the sixth-biggest, high-speed rail system in the world.
Siemens Gamesa and Greenalia are building three wind farms across the municipalities of Coristanco, Santa Comba and Carballo.
LSE-listed Kavango Resources has identified a cluster of three electromagnetic (EM) conductors within Target Area B in the northern (Hukuntsi) section of the Kalahari Suture Zone (KSZ) in Botswana....
An update on the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme – fourth window project.
A green electron and green molecule energy transition is tailor made for South Africa, an increasing number of observers are concluding. Superior sun, prime wind, land, favourable storage...
Sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) based on renewable energies and green hydrogen are the way of the future for sustainable flying, says Siemens Energy, which has partnered with energy supplier...
Eskom’s actions to rectify major boiler defects at its newly built Medupi and Kusile power stations are improving the plants’ energy availability factor.
Eskom’s actions to rectify major boiler defects at its newly built Medupi and Kusile power stations are improving the plants’ energy availability factor.
The African Development Bank has said that Medupi will never make a profit because of delays, design defects and increasing opposition to coal-fired electricity generation.
Eskom has announced that Kusile Unit 4 has entered into commercial operation.
High schoolers from Gauteng have taken on the challenge to learn, innovate and lead society’s transition to a net-zero future, as participants in the global energy decarbonisation company Siemens...
While consulting engineers are leading the building information modelling (BIM) drive, with designs and analyses being completely BIM-orientated, the technology has had mixed success for the mining...
Eskom has reported that it has implemented repairs and fixes to generation units 1 to 3 at the Medupi power station.
The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) has, with the approval of Cabinet, started the process that should result in it acquiring a new nuclear research reactor, to replace its current...
The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) has, with the approval of Cabinet, started the process that should result in it acquiring a new nuclear research reactor, to replace its current...
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